The most precious gift that you can present to your peoples over the coming weeks is renewed hope born out of tangible progress on the ground.
ABDULLAH IIWe have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
More Abdullah II Quotes
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Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the loss of hope.
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I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
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I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.
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Is Israel going to continue to be ‘Fortress Israel’? Or, as we all hope, become accepted into the neighborhood, which I believe is the only way we can move forward in harmony.
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I like to look at the glass half full.
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The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends.
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Together, we can create a world in which peace is real; in which every human being can thrive; in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed.
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We want to be, I think, an example for the rest of the Arab world, because there are a lot of people who say that the only democracy you can have in the Middle East is the Muslim Brotherhood.
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It’s a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.
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And it’s about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people. Because today, if you’re appointed by the king, they don’t feel that they’re responsible for the people.
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I’m not the type of person that is forced.
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Prime Minister Sharon, Prime Minister Abbas, I urge you today to end the designs of those who seek destruction, annihilation and occupation, and I urge you to have the will and the courage to begin to realize our dreams of peace, prosperity and coexistence.
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And no matter what’s happening in the Middle East – the Arab Spring, et cetera, the economic challenges, high rates of unemployment – the emotional, critical issue is always the Israeli-Palestinian one.
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That frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
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The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
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There are going to be a lot of questions, not just in my country, but across the Middle East.
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I believe nuclear energy in Jordan will be done in such a way where it is a public-private partnership so everyone can see exactly what’s going on.
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When we try to push the envelope, there are certain sectors of society that say this is a Zionist plot to sort of destabilize our country, or this is an American agenda.
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Extremists, who thrive on conflict; who do not tolerate diversity; who seek power through division and destruction.
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If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests.
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You’re always going to have extremists in every religion.
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Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.
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Remember you don’t do anything in isolation.
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Today more than ever we need creative minds to address the issues of the age. And one of the most urgent is this: How can humanity know so much, achieve so much, and still fail so many people so badly?
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There is resistance to change. There’s a resistance to ideas.
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I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.
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